Sothebys: Catalogue of the Valuable Library of Ancient and Modern Printed Books and Illuminated and other Manuscripts. Sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby Wilkinson & Hodge at their House, No. 13, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. on Monday, 13th Dec. 1909., 13Dec1909,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 13, 1909 - December 13, 1909

Page Size: 1019 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
501		Grolier Club. Conway (Moncure D.) Barons of the Potomack and the Rappahannock		ib. 1892	USD -	2.00
502		Grolier Club. Catalogue of Original and Early Editions of some of the Poetical and Prose Works of English Writers from Langland to Wither, with collations and notes		ib. 1893	USD -	3.70
503		Grolier Club. Facsimile of the Laws and Acts of the General Assembly for their Majesties Province of New-York, etc		ib. 1894	USD -	2.70
504		Grolier Club. Allen (C. Dexter) Classified List of Early American Book-Plates, with a brief description of the Various Styles, etc		ib. 1894	USD -	1.50
505		GROLIER CLUB. Transactions of the Grolier Club of the City of New York	New York	ib. 1894	USD -	1.00
506		Grolier Club. Transactions of the Grolier Club of the City of New York		ib. 1899	USD -	1.00
507		Grolier Club. Catalogue of Books from the Libraries or Collections of Celebrated Bibliophiles and Illustrious Persons of the Past, with Arms or Devices on the Bindings, Exhibited at the Grolier Club in January, 1895		ib. 1895	USD -	1.30
508		Grolier Club. Catalogue of the Engraved Works of Asher B. Durand, exhibited at the Grolier Club		ib. 1895	USD -	Unknown
509		Grolier Club. A Description of the Early Printed Books owned by the Grolier Club, with a brief account of their Printers and the History of Typography in the Fifteenth Century		ib. 1895	USD -	1.35
510		Grolier Club. Catalogue of an Exhibition illustrative of a Centenary of Artistic Lithography, 1796-1896		ib. 1896	USD -	1.00
511	Koehler (S. R.)	Grolier Club. A Chronological Catalogue of the Engravings, Dry-Points and Etchings of Albert Durer, as exhibited at the Grolier Club		ib. 1897	USD -	3.60
512	C. Eliot Norton	Grolier Club. Two Note Books of Thomas Carlyle, 23 March, 1822, 16 May, 1832		ib. 1898	USD -	1.30
513	Hoym (Chas. Henry Count)	GROLIER CLUB. Life (1694-1736) written by Baron Jerome Pichon, with Sketch of Pichon's Life	New York	ib. 1899	USD -	2.40
514	Dante	Grolier Club. A Translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's Life of Dante, with an Introduction and a Note on the Portraits of Dante by G. R. Carpenter		ib. 1900	USD -	2.10
515	Dryden	Grolier Club. Catalogue of an Exhibition of First and other Editions of the Works of John Dryden, 1631-1700, etc		ib. 1900	USD -	3.15
516		Grolier Club. Catalogue of Etchings and Dry-Points by Rembrandt, selected for Exhibition at the Grolier Club of New York, April-May, 1900		ib. 1900	USD -	1.25
517		Grolier Club. De Vinne (Theodore Low) Title-Pages as seen by a Printer; with numerous illustrations in facsimile and some observations on the early and recent printing of Books		ib. 1901	USD -	1.25
518		Grolier Club. The History of Helyas Knight of the Swan, translated by R. Copland; a literal reprint in the types of Wynkyn de Word after the unique copy printed 1512		ib. 1901	USD -	1.70
519		Grolier Club. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Selected Works of the Poets Laureate of England		ib. 1901	USD -	Unknown
520		Grolier Club. One hundred Books famous in English Literature, with Facsimiles of the Title-pages and an Introduction by George E. Woodberry		ib. 1902	USD -	3.00
521	Kent (H. W.)	Grolier Club. Bibliographical Notes on One Hundred Books famous in English Literature		ib. 1903	USD -	2.00
522	Hart (Chas. H.)	Grolier Club. Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington		ib. 1904	USD -	3.00
523	Halsey (R. T. H.)	Grolier Club. The Boston Port Bill as pictured by a Contemporary London Cartoonist		ib. 1904	USD -	1.35
524		Grolier Club. Catalogues of various Exhibitions, held at the Grolier Club of New York, 1891-1908			USD -	2.70
525		Grolier Club. Lists, Papers, Prospectuses, Menus, Advertisements, Tickets, etc			USD -	1.80
526	Guarinus (Baptista)	De Mo. & Ordine docendi ac discendi		1489	USD -	3.00
527	Guigard (Jo.)	Armorial du Bibliophile	Paris	1870-3	USD -	Unknown
528	Guild (Reuben A.)	The Librarian's Manual: a Treatise on Bibliography, with a select List of Bibliographical Works, etc	New York	1858	USD -	Unknown
529		Guillermus Alvernus; Archiep. Paris. Postilla Guillermi super Epistolas et Evangelia de tempore et de Sanctis (per totius anni Circulum) et pro Defunctis	Basiliae	circa 1500	USD -	10.75
530	GUILLEVILLE (GUILLAUME DE)	LES TROIS PELERINAGES; de la Vie humaine, de l'ame, et de Jesus Christ...			USD -	470.00
531		Gutenberg. An Original Leaf from the Catholicon of Balbus of Genoa printed by Gutenberg at Mayence in 1460			USD -	10.25
532	Gutenberg (John)	First Master Printer, His Acts and most remarkable discourses and his Death, from the German by C. W. (Caroline Wintour)			USD -	Unknown
533	Gutenberg (John)	The Signature of Gutenberg by P. De Villiers		1838	USD -	Unknown
534	Gyllius (P.)	de Constantinopoleos Topographia lib	Lugd.	1632	USD -	Unknown
535	Habershon (M.)	Ancient Half-Timbered Houses of England, 36 fine lithographs, etc		1836	USD -	Unknown
536	Haeftenus (D. Bened.)	Regia Via Crucis	Antwerpiae,	1635	USD -	1.40
537	HAIN (LUDWIG)	REPERTORIUM BIBLIOGRAPHICUM	Stuttg.	1826-38	USD -	7.00
538	Copinger (W. A.)	Hain-Copinger. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium Bibliographica		1895-1902	USD -	5.75
539	Haines (Rev. Herbert)	Manual of Monumental Brasses		1861	USD -	1.80
540	Halfpenny (Jos.)	Gothic Ornaments in the Cathedral Church of York	York	1795	USD -	Unknown
541	Hall (Bp. Jos.)	Satires and other Poems [edited by Peter Hall]		1838	USD -	Unknown
542	Hamilton (Count A.)	Memoirs of Count Grammont, new edition, with biographical sketch, etc		1811	USD -	5.00
543		Hamilton Palace Libraries			USD -	Unknown
544	Harding (John)	Chronicle of England from the fyrst begynnyng of Englande unto the Reign of Kyng Edward the Fourth (verse portion only)		1543	USD -	1.30
545	Harding (J. D.)	Lessons on Art		n. d. (1850)	USD -	Unknown
546		Hardouin de Perefixe. Histoire du Roy Henry le Grand	Amst.	1678	USD -	2.80
547	Harper (H. H.)	Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs	Boston	1904	USD -	Unknown
548	Harrisse (H.)	Notes pour servir a l'Histoire, a la Bibliographie et a la Cartographie de la Nouvelle-France, etc	Paris	1872	USD -	1.30
549	Hartshorne (Rev. C. H.)	Book Rarities in the University of Cambridge		1829	USD -	Unknown
550	Hatfield (R. G.)	Theory of Transverse Strains and its Application in the Construction of Buildings	New York	1877	USD -	Unknown
551	Havard (H.)	The Heart of Holland, translated by Mrs. Cashel Hoey..			USD -	Unknown
552	Hawkins (Rush C.)	Titles of the First Books from the Earliest Presses established in Europe before the end of the Fifteenth Century, with brief notes	New York	1884	USD -	1.45
553	Hawkins (Rush C.)	Titles of the First Books from the Earliest Presses established in different Cities, Towns and Monasteries of Europe before the end of the XVth Century, with brief notes on their Printers	New York and London	1884	USD -	1.50
554	Hazlitt (W. C.)	Hand-Book to the Popular Poetical and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain, from the Invention of Printing to the Restoration		1867	USD -	Unknown
555	Hazlitt (W. C.)	Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature		1876-1882-87	USD -	1.25
556		Heart of Man (The) either a Temple of God or a Habitation of Satan	Harrisburg	1851	USD -	Unknown
557	Heineken (Baron C. H. de)	Idee Generale d'une Collection complette d'Estampes, avec une Dissertation sur l'Origine de la Gravure & sur les Premiers Livres d'Images	a Leipsic et Vienne	1771	USD -	Unknown
558	Heinsius (Dan.)	Nederduytsche Poemata by een vergadert en uytgegeven door P. S. (P. Schriverius); Emblemata, Hymnus oft Lof-Sanck van Bacchus, etc	Amst.	1616	USD -	2.90
559	Heller (Joseph)	Geschichte der Holzschneidekunst von den altesten bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, etc. [with an Account of Playing Cards, a Catalogue of Xylographic Productions and a List of Engravers' Marks, etc.]	Bamberg	1823	USD -	Unknown
560	Hesius (Guil. S. J.)	Emblemata Sacra de Fide, Spe, Charitate	Antwerpiae	1636	USD -	Unknown
561	Hessels (J. H.)	Gutenberg: Was he the Inventor of Printing			USD -	1.00
562	Heywood (Thos.)	Gynaikeion; or Nine Bookes of Various History concerning Women, inscribed by ye names of ye Nine Muses		1624	USD -	1.70
563	Heywood (Thos.)	The Hierarchie of the Blessed Angels; their Names, Orders and Offices; the Fall of Lucifer with his Angels, etc	A. Islip		USD -	2.70
564	Hibbert (George)	Sale Catalogue of his interesting and extensive Library sold by Mr. Evans, 42 days' sale, March and May, 1829		1829	USD -	Unknown
565		HIERONYMUS (S.) EPISTOLAE (EX RECENSIONE JOAN. ANDREAE EPISC. ALERIENSIS)		1476; 1479	USD -	19.75
566	Hilscherus (P. C.)	De Reliquiis Adami Protoplasti; Acced. De Bibliotheca Adami Schediasma	Dresd.	1711	USD -	Unknown
567	Hinton (J. Howard)	History and Topography of the United States of North America, with Additions by S. L. Knapp, and a Continuation to the present time by J. O. Choules	Boston (Mass.)	1853	USD -	Unknown
568	Hoe (Rich. M.)	The Literature of Printing: a Catalogue of the Library Illustrative of the History and Art of Typography, Chalcography and Lithography		1877	USD -	Unknown
569		Hoe Library. One Hundred and Seventy-Six Historic and Artistic Book-Bindings dating from the fifteenth century to the Present Time	New York	1895	USD -	14.00
570	Holbein (Hans)	Icones Veteris Testamenti; Illustrations of the Old Testament engraved on Wood (edited by T. F. Dibdin)			USD -	Unknown
571	W. Kennet	Holbein. Praise of Folly, made English from the Latin of Erasmus		1740	USD -	Unknown
572	Holland (John)	Cruciana. Illustrations of the most Striking Aspects under which the Cross of Christ and Symbols derived from it, have been contemplated by Piety, Superstition, Imagination and Taste	Liverpool	1835	USD -	Unknown
573	Holtzwart (Mathias)	Emblematum Tyrocinia; sive Picta Poesis Latinogermanica, das ist eingeblumete zier werck oder Gemalpoesy, etc	Straszburg,	1581	USD -	2.60
574		Homer. Iliad and Odyssey, translated by A. Pope; Virgil, translated by Dryden		1802-3	USD -	1.30
575		HONORIUS AUGUSTODUNENSIS. Cristianus ad Solitarium quendam de Ymagine Mundi Honorio,	Argent.	1472	USD -	14.50
576	Hoogstraeten (Fr. van)	Het Voorhof der Ziele behangen met leerzaeme Prenten en Zinnebeelden	Rotterdam	1668	USD -	1.40
577	Hope (Thos.)	Historical Essay on Architecture		1835	USD -	Unknown
578	HORAE BEATAE VIRGINIS MARIAE, CUM CALENDARIO	DUTCH LATE XIVTH CENTURY			USD -	30.00
579	HORAE B. V. M. cum Calendario	FRENCH XVTH CENTURY			USD -	50.00
580	HORAE B. V. M. cum Calendario	FRENCH XVTH CENTURY			USD -	34.00
581	HORAE B. V. M. sine Calendario	FRENCH LATE XVTH CENTURY			USD -	38.00
582	HORAE B. V. M. cum Calendario	FRANCO-FLEMISH XVTH CENTURY			USD -	21.00
583	HORAE B. V. M. CUM CALENDARIO. PARIS, C. 1534	HORE IN LAUDEM GLORIOSISSIME VIRGINIS MARIE SECUDUM USUM ROMANU; totaliter ad longusine require; cum multis Suffragiis & Orationibus de novo additio .. noviter impresse Parisius per Germanu hardouyn bibliopole jurati, etc	Almanack	[1534-1532]	USD -	7.25
584	HORAE B. V. M. cum Calendario. PARIS, 1502	HORE INTEMERATE BEATE MARIE VIRGINIS SECUNDUM USUM ROMANUM [at end]	Paris	1502	USD -	32.00
585	HORAE B. V. M. AD USUM ROMANUM, cum Calendario. PARIS, 1502	HORE INTEMERATE VIRGINIS MARIE SECUNDU USUM ROMANUM cum pluribus oratioibus tam in Gallico q. in latino.		-1502	USD -	45.00
586	HORAE B. V. M. AD USUM ROMANUM, cum Calendario	Hore dive Virginis Marie scdm. verum usum Romanum cum aliis multis folio sequenti notatis characteribus diligentius impressae per Thielmannu Kerver.	PARIS	1504	USD -	10.00
587	HORAE B. V. M. CUM CALENDARIO	Latin-French. HORE CHRISTIFERE VIRGINIS MARIE SECUDUM USUM ROMANU ad longu absq aliquo recursu cu illius Miraculis & figuris apocalypsis et biblianis una cu triuphis Cesaris.	Paris/Almanack	1508-28	USD -	55.00
588	HORAE B. V. M. AD USUM ROMANUM, cum Calendario	A la louenge de Dieu et de la tressaincte & glorieuse Vierge Marie; & a ledification de tous bos Catholiques, onte este commencees ces presentes heures a lusaige de Romme tout au long sans rien requerir, etc	Paris/Almanack	1513-29	USD -	25.00
589	HORAE B. V. M. CUM CALENDARIO	HEURES A LUSAIGE DE ROMME. Ces presentes heures sont a lusaige de Romme, tout au long sans riens requerir; ont este imprimees nouvellement a Paris. Pour Germain Hardouyn demourant a Paris entre les deux portes du Palais	Paris/Almanack	1524-37	USD -	35.00
590	HORAE B. V. M. CUM CALENDARIO	Hore dive Virginis Marie secudum usu Romanum, ..	Paris/Almanack	1526-41	USD -	7.00
591	HORAE B. V. M. CUM CALENDARIO	HEURES A LUSAIGE DE. Tou (TOUL), tout au long sans rien requerir avec plusieurs suffraiges et oraisons; nouvellement imprimees a Paris	Paris/Almanack	1515-30	USD -	34.00
592	HORAE B. V. M. AD USUM ORD. PREMONSTRATENSIS cum Calendario	Hore Virginis Marie secundum usu ordinis premostratensis parisius impresse fuerut expensis simonis vostre . . annoquigetesimo VI die vero XXVI Martii	Paris/Almanack	1507-27/1506	USD -	24.00
593	Mlle. A. Guilbert	Horae. Livre d'Heures ou Offices de l'Eglise illustrees apres les Manuscrits de la Bibliotheque du Roi par Mlle. A. Guilbert	Paris	1843	USD -	Unknown
594		Horatius. Quintus Horatius Flaccus		1826	USD -	1.95
595		Horozco y Covaruvias (D. Juan) Emblemas Morales	en Segovia	1591	USD -	Unknown
596	Hoyerus (F. Mich.)	Flammulae Amoris S. P. Augustini Versibus et Ioonibus exornatae	Antwerpiae,	1629	USD -	Unknown
596		SHAKESPEARE (WM.). WORKS, edited by Howard Staunton, ..	Routledge	1881	USD -	11.00
597	Hospitalius (Michael, Galliarum Cancellarius)	Epistolarum seu Sermonum libri sex (edid. a Guido Fabro, J. A. Thuano et Scaev. Sammartano)	Lutetiae	1585	USD -	1.95
598	Howell (Jas.)	The Parly of Beasts, or Morphandra Queen of the Inchanted Iland		1660	USD -	2.20
599	Hucher (E.)	Vitraux Peints de la Cathedrale du Mans	Paris & Le Mans	1865	USD -	2.50

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.